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[…] Overall Thoughts I said it before and I’ll say it again, if you like WWE history this is a set for you. If you are a casual fan that doesn’t care too much about the past maybe wait until you get a good deal to pick this up. There may be a match or two that I would go back to watch again, but I doubt I will ever sit down and watch this set in it’s entirety. I also mentioned earlier there is a lot of time missing on this DVD prior to 1971, anything would’ve been good to show. I would’ve loved to watch anything from the 1950′s or 1960′s no matter the video quality. Hopefully those moments will be saved for the upcoming “History of WWE” and “Bruno Sammartino” documentaries. With the lack of Blu-Ray extras on that set, there is nothing wrong with picking up the DVD. Very little of this set is in HD so you aren’t missing out on too much HD quality by not upgrading to Blu-Ray. I think an overall grade would be a 7/10 for historical purposes alone. If you have purchased this set, what are your thoughts on it? Did you like it? Not Like it? What would you have added or changed? If you haven’t purchased this set yet, take a look at the complete listings: http://www.wrestlingdvdnews.com/wwe-madison-square-garden-dvd-blu-ray-match-listing/46252/. […]

[…] Overall Thoughts I said it before and I’ll say it again, if you like WWE history this is a set for you. If you are a casual fan that doesn’t care too much about the past maybe wait until you get a good deal to pick this up. There may be a match or two that I would go back to watch again, but I doubt I will ever sit down and watch this set in it’s entirety. I also mentioned earlier there is a lot of time missing on this DVD prior to 1971, anything would’ve been good to show. I would’ve loved to watch anything from the 1950′s or 1960′s no matter the video quality. Hopefully those moments will be saved for the upcoming “History of WWE” and “Bruno Sammartino” documentaries. With the lack of Blu-Ray extras on that set, there is nothing wrong with picking up the DVD. Very little of this set is in HD so you aren’t missing out on too much HD quality by not upgrading to Blu-Ray. I think an overall grade would be a 7/10 for historical purposes alone. If you have purchased this set, what are your thoughts on it? Did you like it? Not Like it? What would you have added or changed? If you haven’t purchased this set yet, take a look at the complete listings: http://www.wrestlingdvdnews.com/wwe-madison-square-garden-dvd-blu-ray-match-listing/46252/. […]

The match listing here is fine as i think there will be a Volume 2 for Best of MSG down the line and for those who want to gripe about rereleased matches yeah there’s going to be some of those on every set WWE puts out.But those are also the matches that people remember and maybe the person buying the DVD has children who are wrestling fans that haven’t had the chance to see these matches yet.

Because nobody’s seen the matches from 1985 on. See, everyone lived close enough to MSG to travel to those events before 85 so no one wants to see those matches again. National TV, Pay Per View, no one watches those so we gotta show all those matches again

A massive disappointment. This could have been an exceptional set with some rarely seen house show matches like the ones that used to be on the MSG channel years ago. But as always they plunder the same matches seen multiple times on many DVD sets. I can’t fathom who in their right mind would pay for yet another copy of HBK-Razor, Hart-Hennig etc I had high hopes for this, but once again have been let down.

The high light of the dvd will be backland vs race,wwf vs nwa champions.I wish they would do the sets by decades.There are so many great matches that could have been put on here instead of the same old matches.I am still hopeing for a ultimate andra the giant collection

This is great and all, but they should have had at least one match from Summerslam 98 considering the big buildup to that event. Maybe Mankind ov The Outlaws, HHH vs Rock or the main event which was Taker vs Austin. I’d vote for Taker vs Austin since that was promoted by JR as being “The biggest main event in our business.”

I Cannot wait to get my hands on a blu ray copy of this i have been waitign for years for this release finally i guess the question is blu ray or dvd. I just wanted to let you all know i came across another rare gem on ebay take a look

I really wanted Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle from WM 20. It wasn’t on either of Eddie’s two DVDs. It’s the best match they can use from WM 20. I like John Cena but his match with Big Show should probably only go on a future Cena DVD.

Hardy/Mysterio/Jericho/Kane from 2009 is so much better than HHH/Jericho/Angle from 2000. And it’s more recent too. One of the better Smackdown matches from that great year. I guess we’ll never see it on DVD now. That triple threat is so random (and not even important when you consider the ending)

I was also rooting for HBK vs. Sid to be the match from Survivor Series 1996. The end of Shawn’s first world title reign, and probably Sid’s best match

Too bad WWE couldn’t expand this and show something from the Barclays Center (the new MSG?) Would have been a great excuse to include the terrific six man TLC match from last year!

Glad we didn’t get Angle-Guerero. Great match no doubt but we don’t need more repeats. They have released 9 million Eddie Guerero matches because they glorify him. He was great but I’m good without him being included.

the Ivan vs Pedro match is on the history of the wwe championship dvd. But the other match’s that you listed are unrelested. I myself would have like to have seen more of Burno or Backlund match’s from MSG. Or Warrior vs Andre myself.

Reading over these comments is really confusing to me. I see people who love the match listing, people who hate the match listing and people that have mixed feelings on it. That’s all well and good. Where I have a problem understanding is with the people that are complaining.

Some people are complaining that it’s terrible and they won’t be buying it. Ok. But I don’t see a need to complain then. If you’re not gonna buy it then that’s money saved in your pocket. Be happy about that. Some people are complaining that it’s terrible YET they’re still gonna buy it. That one makes no sense at all. Maybe they like torturing themselves. To each their own. Then there’s the hardcore collectors that buy every VHS/DVD/BR no matter what is on them. I’m one of those collectors. I’ve ben collecting WWF VHS tapes since 1989 and I made the decision decades ago that I was going to buy every WWF release that comes out(regardless of what the match/content listing is) because it’s a hobby that I enjoy. If you’re one of those hardcore collectors that buy every single WWE release I really don’t see a need to complain about the same thing over and over to a ridiculous degree. If you do this because it’s a hobby then you already know tha repeats are a necessary evil. It’s been this way since the earliest Coliseum Video releases in 1985. It’s never gonna change no matter how much you rant and complain.

My advice, take some blood pressure pills, go relax, and enjoy the day. This wrestling DVD hobby is clearly too much for you if you get this worked up over it. Maybe a new hobby will ease the frustration. I don’t know.

My thoughts exactly, I am one of those guys who collects everything that is released, a hobby I began last May, into this just a little over a year now but having a blast with it. I am more than a little envious of those of you who have been collecting for several years, I can just imagine all the great matches you have in your collections.

Best of luck to you. It’s a really crazy hobby depending on how deep you get into it. If you plan on going backwards and picking up older tapes and DVDs from years ago it can run you a pretty penny on eBay or Amazon and places like that. I was missing many of the Coliseum Videos from the early years (1985-1989) and it wasn’t until I got on eBay in 1999 that I was able to start filling in the holes in my set. Again, good luck and remember to have fun with it. Some people take it way too seriously and end up giving themselves aneurysms over it.

The problem is there are so many good matches in their library that they have never released. Yet when it cam time to release something really different they released a lot of the same old matches they have been releasing for years. I have multiple copies of at least 8 of these matches. There can’t be a person out there that collects wrestling DVDs and doesn’t have Michales vs. Razor from WM X, and if there is, I seriously doubt they will be starting their collection with this set.

Remember when everyone said they wanted the Bootcamp match and the Harley/Backlund unification match? Well they’re both here. So is Backlund/Patera which is a classic. And all 3 have never been out. So let’s not kill this thing like it’s Top Rivalries or something, it’s not THAT bad. Plenty goodies on here, mixed with the essentials. And seeing that it’s a best of set, you have to expect that.

What matches should have been on here? As the years go by there is not many great matches to put on dvds.

Do we really want unreleased matches that are no good. If only more people liked the 70s and 80s I think dvds on Lawler Race Funks Briscos British Bulldogs would sell very well and there wouldn’t be so many complaints.

Why is everyone’s glass half empty? I’ve probably heard people complain about repeats more times than I’ve purchased those matches. More times than I care to remember and its getting a bit……repetitive, Please give it a rest? I love this site, but the negative attitude of the users here is really off putting. That’s the biggest disappointment here to me. I’d prefer to look at things in a positive light if possible, but I’m sure someone will tell me I am a no good son of a bitch for writing this. “Its called freedom of expression, asshole” etc etc. But if the mentality is that you’ve been screwed over because Chris Benoit wasn’t included and you got a match you bought on another DVD way back when, then you can leave me out of the discussions. “Fuck you Harry” etc etc. Oh nevermind.

Out of this entire set, the only things that interest me are the Race/Backlund and HHH/Y2J/Angle matches. What does that tell you? That I should be easy to please as I enjoy everything from classic wrestling to modern wrestling. Yet, for me, the matches on this release and Greatest Rivalries miss the mark in a HUGE way and I know it does for many others.

What bothers me most is that WWE DVDs have become increasingly less appealing since the end of 2009. I hope they get back on track. Their best releases were from late 2003 to the end of 2009. In the last two years, there have only been a handful of great releases (Steamboat, Greatest Cage Matches, Rock Journey, Austin Bottom Line, Lesnar, Best of Nitros, Best of Clash, War Games). In my eyes, there were as many great releases in 2009 as there were in the last 3 1/2 years! Hopefully they get back on track and start putting out stuff like the 2007-2009 releases.

My thoughts when initially hearing about the set were “As long as the Texas Death match and Boot Camp match were on, then I’m fine with everything else.” I’m happy. Backlund-Race should be a treat too. Disc 1 is nice. Disc 3 almost feels like a Cena bukake but what are you gonna do? Tag match makes the blu ray essential.

Match listing was what I expected. I am very surprised Steve Austin vs Bret Hart from Survivor Series 1996 isn’t on here though honestly.

What did some of you people honestly think was going to be on here? This is “the BEST of MSG”. Not “The best of what you don’t already own on DVD at MSG”. Don’t like it? Don’t purchase the set then. It’s really that simple folks.

I agree that an Unreleased Undertaker should dome out. But, way, WAY before they do that, they have to release:
-Unreleased Ric Flair
-Unreleased Steve Austin
-Unreleased Shawn Michaels
-Unreleased WCW
-Unreleased Four Horsemen

By the way, I love the fact that this set stinks so bad, that someone had the idea to start discussing not only how bad it was, but what they should be releasing soon.

That’s just the UNRELEASED PPV matches I want to see! There’s plenty of matches featuring some of the all-time greats. There’s also so much more free TV including Clashes, Nitros, Raws, and supercards such as the Battle of the Belts, Crockett Cups, Coliseum Home Videos, etc. And, that’s not to mention some classics that appeared on NWA/WCW TV shows like Pro, Power Hour, Saturday Night, Main Event, etc.

Agreed, a lot of that Taker stuff doesn’t sound that appealing. And, some of the stuff that does is clearly of the dark match variety that almost never gets released. I wouldn’t mind seeing an Unreleased Undertaker, but we have to be understanding of the fact that if it wasn’t already on a VHS or TV show, we’ll likely never see it even if just because there’s no way that Undertaker will be sitting down to add commentary to it because it wouldn’t fit with his character.

I love how Mick Foley will be talking about his Falls count anywhere match with Triple H. He hosted the falls count anywhere DVD that it was on last year! Watching these releases are like watching Cena matches. Same old shit. We also really needed the Rock’s crappy debut match that was released on his DVD last year as well.

I am not shocked to see matches on here that are ALREADY on other dvd sets and its a shame that the track record WWE has on repeating itselfs with matches on newer dvd/blu ray is still horrible!! I still plan on buying this cause of the late 70’s & 80’s matches on it. The late 90’s to today i got a bulk of them already on other sets and i rather see material i have not seen. I made a ideal that they should of done a 2 vol set to cover the history of MSG. Vol 1 be the late 70’s 80’s. Vol 2 be set on the 90’s to today. I feel u could get a whole lot out of both sets & make everyone happy from both age groups.

Diesel vs. Bob Backlund for the WWE Title, where Big Daddy Cool wins the gold?!?!?! F**k Yes!!!! That right there (for me) is reason enough to buy this DVD/Blu Ray set. I only have it on fan cam style from that MSG show, to have the actual footage for it is gonna be great!!

All the show is him kicking Backlund and pinning him on the History of the WWE Title DVD. I would like to think on this they show both entrances, and show the long promo Backlund gives before Diesel comes out to squash him. Plus the 5 minutes of Diesel celebrating after it with the fans going nuts.

This is only a must buy if you’re an Old School fan to be honest and that’s not me so I’ll be avoiding this. The HHH/Cactus Jack Royal Rumble 2000 Street Fight should have been in over their Falls Count Anywhere match that was on the FCA DVD and the first ever Elimination Chamber should have definitely been put in instead of that overrated Ladder match that finds it’s way on every DVD and nobody watches. Definitely a lot of things here that should have been changed. Overall I’m disappointed and it wont be making my collection.

I’m an old school fan and it doesn’t appeal to me either. There isn’t even one (1!) unreleased match from the 1986 to 1996 era. How is that possible? I can understand skipping out on anything from 1993 to 1996 as most of that was filmed and, quite frankly, the WWF was terrible at that point, but what about the dream match to end all dream matches featuring what most would say was the two all-time greatest wrestlers, Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan. I realize their two singles matches were already released, but what about the tag match from March 1992?

And what about Hart versus Mr. Perfect? That already appeared on 4 DVDs! Enough with this match.

Not bad but could have done bit better, should have included Austin and Angle from raw in 2002, The fatal four way from smackdown in 2009, The Kane unmasking from 2003, Mankind Undertaker from Survivor Series 1996, HBK Sid from Survivor Series 1996 but other its looks decent and will appeal to a certain degree, the blu-ray extras look pretty decent even though i have the survivor series 2011 blu-ray, thank god they dint include the rock john cena vs awesome truth match, A lot of repeats by the looks of it too and hope the segments are in full espically when triple h returned which has not been released in full on dvd or blu-ray as of yet!!

Chill at pedro you weren’t there so go saying stuff just because of what you read, the media manipulates many things, you will never know the true events of that day, your entitled to your opinion but when you dont the full facts or you werent there in present keep your opinions to yourself, that match from WM XX was easily one of the great moments from the garden which sadly will never get the light of day.. oh well people who have the WM XX DVD can go back and watch that great match!!

Perfect analogy. Yet, Hitler continues to be shown on TV. How come Benoit, who made such a comparatively minor impact, can’t be included on DVDs?

Even Vince McMahon said “It’s not right to pretend he didn’t exist. It’s one thing to include him as part of a historical perspective, which I believe is OK, and it’s another thing to promote him, which is not OK. The situation is very similar to that of O.J. Simpson – despite his controversy, O.J. was still a part of the NFL scene. You can’t deny that he existed.”
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When will the WWE’s DVD and Classics on Demand department get that message!

Because unfortunately Hitler was part of “real” history and had a MAJOR impact on world history. Chris Benoit was an entertainer and a minor part of history. And I can’t remember the last time OJ Simpson was part of a NFL films production. You can’t deny Benoit or Simpson existed but you don’t have to include them either.

There’s a total of two matches that I care to see and nothing that I’d consider must see. I imagine a lot of others will feel the same way and not bother posting that opinion so as not to waste their time getting into an endless back and forth with the WWE apologists of this board.

I really wonder how long this set is. At this point, I’m beginning to think that they might be trying to slip in some single layer DVDs into these sets as at least one of them (DVD #2) appears to be less than two hours.

In short, I say this set is GARBAGE, just PURE GARBAGE that will only appeal to some of the WWE apologists and those who don’t do the research to discover what’s actually on the set.

That’s about 9 more unreleased matches than the 25 Rivalries had. This set had some great stuff, and some not-so-great stuff. The hat trick of the Bootcamp-Texas Death- WWF vs NWA makes this a very desirable set. The best all time? No. The beat this year? No. But it beats any of the countdown releases.

It’s not terrible; but certainly missed so many great things. First off like many recent releases there needs to be a Vol. 2. Glad we have the Triple H-Cactus Jack street fight! Thats only been released 19 times one being a year ago. I swear WWE could screw up a wet dream. Growing up in NY I can remember in the early ’90’s all the MSG shows that would be on the MSG network. In 2006 in fact they re-aired these under the tag “MSG Classics.” So in my opinion you could have filled this release with all of those old school house show matches. Instead we get the Ladder match! Now clearly I get that this is a “Best of” but just because it was on PPV and because it has been repeated to death doesn’t mean it had to be on this set. Just like the current WWE product the company just doesn’t get it sometimes.

Bruno’s final MSG match is included. Very cool. Morales winning the WWWF Title is another big moment. Of course the Hogan Title win and the Mania 1 main event are must-haves if you’re telling the story of MSG. I’m really satisfied with this.

Bruno’s last match is cool, huh? Not according to Bruno. He has repeatedly said he considers anything to do with his last run an embarrassment and an insult. But, when you consider how much money they put in his pocket (rumored to be a million) to bury the hatchet, I guess we won’t hear him complaining about it.

That Bruno/Santana vs. Savage/Adonis cage match is one of my all-time favorites. I think Bruno’s final run at MSG (first as a special ref for Savage vs. Santana, then coming out of retirement for a tag match, then culminating in this cage match) was excellent and a great way to cap of his legacy. He may not have been in as great of condition then, but he was still incredibly over and knew how to get a crowd riled up like no one else.

Decent listing but I was hoping for more “old school” stuff. Some repeats, but that is understandable given it’s a “Best of” collection and stuff like Hogan vs. Iron Sheik, WrestleMania I and the Shawn-Razor ladder matches are clearly some of the highlight moments of WWE at Madison Square Garden.